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Public International Law—Foreign Legislation Enacted in Violation of International Law—Effect in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

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References

1 Sa Haile Selasse v. Cable and Wireless Ltd. (No. 2) [1929] Ch.D. at pp. 187–194. And see Sir Arnold McNair's observations on Bank of Ethiopia v. National Bank of Egypt and Liguori [1937] Ch. 513, in Legal Effects of War 3rd ed., 1948, pp. 340–343.

2 See the qualifying statement by Russell, L.J. in Princess Olga Paley v. Weisz [1929]Google Scholar 1 K.B. at p. 736. A number of American cases take that qualification into account. But see McNair, op. cit., p. 362.

3 Underhill v. Hernandez (1897) 168 U.S. 250; Oetjen v. Central Leather Co. (1917) 246 U.S. 397; Ricaud v. American Metal Co. (1917) 246 U.S. 304.

4 See case cited by Sir Arnold McNair, loc. cit., and Fachiri, in British Year Book of International Law, 12 (1931) pp. 101104.Google Scholar